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To: combjelly who wrote (150153)	11/28/2001 4:06:11 PM
From: fingolfen	Respond to of 186894

One difference with flash is that the pinouts differ, and the commands sent to the chip to write are different for different manufacturers, unlike RAM. If, say Micron memory is too expensive, you can buy Samsung and just drop it in. With flash, you have to re-spin the board. True, by taking care in laying out the board, you can get some degree of inter-changeability, but you also might give up functionality. Granted its a difference, but not enough to pull it out of the ranks of a commodity. The price points are just too low and there doesn't seem to be a lot of brand loyalty.